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Just Give Me a Mustard Seed of Faith Jesus marveled at some people on another occasion too, but for the opposite reason. When He went and preached to the people of Nazareth, “He marvelled because of their unbelief” (Mark 6:6). Talk about a sad situation! Jesus loved those people. Nazareth was His hometown and He wanted to minister healing there perhaps even more than He did everywhere else. Yet the Bible says in verse 5, “He could there do no mighty work.” Notice, it wasn’t that He wouldn’t do any mighty work. He couldn’t because of their unbelief (Matthew 13:58). This is why everywhere Jesus went He was always looking for faith. Faith is the connector! It connects people to the power and BLESSING of God, and that’s what Jesus came to earth to bring. He came to heal and deliver. He came to do miracles and save. He didn’t come here to put people down. He came to raise us up! So, He’s always looking for a connection somewhere. His heartbeat is always, 'Someone, just believe Me a little. Someone, just give Me a mustard seed of faith with which to work. I can get rid of the mountains in your life, if you’ll just believe and speak My WORD.' What’s so special about God’s WORD? For one thing, it’s what causes faith to come. For another, it’s the seed of God’s power! God doesn’t do anything without His WORD. It can do anything He can do. The WORD of God was what raised Jesus from the dead—and that’s the greatest demonstration of God’s power recorded in the Bible! It required more power even than the creation of the universe. No one was opposing God at Creation, but at the Resurrection, all the powers of hell were arrayed against Him. Just think about it. Not only had Jesus’ physical body been crucified, not only had all the sickness and disease of the whole world come upon His flesh, He’d absorbed the sin of all mankind into His spirit. He’d died spiritually, been completely cut off from God, and descended into the depths of hell to suffer in our place. The devil and his bunch thought they had won. They thought they would be able to keep Jesus’ sin-deadened spirit captive forever. But to their shock, the moment the full price for our Redemption had been paid, God said, “Enough!” His voice exploded into that foul place as He said to Jesus the words recorded in Hebrews 1:5: “Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee”! With those words, the power of God hit Jesus’ spirit like a bolt of lightning. He was born again, “spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it” (Colossians 2:15), and went roaring out of hell as the victorious Lion of the tribe of Judah, King of kings, and Lord of lords. What triggered it all? What happened to Jesus down there in that pit? The WORD happened! If The WORD could do that, can you imagine what it can do in your life? In the healing of your body? The deliverance of your mind? The saving of your family? One word from God can change everything for you! It can heal you and deliver you just as easily as it did the daughter of the Syrophoenician woman in Matthew 15. When that woman asked Jesus to cast the devil out of her daughter, and Jesus finally got her to release her faith, He changed her life with one short sentence. He said, “Be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour” (verse 28). Most of the time, that’s about all God has to say to change any situation we bring to Him. He doesn’t have to go on and on. He can just say, “Be it unto you according to your faith.” Or, “Get up and go about your business. You’re well!” “Brother Copeland, that just sounds too simple.” It is simple when you do it God’s way. What makes things complicated is when we try to do it our way. When we get focused on our feelings…on symptoms…on medical prognoses…and on all the unbelieving junk other people are saying. * * * * * article continues on p. 8 * * * * * ****************************************** SALVATION PRAYER If you do not know Jesus as your Savior and Lord, simply pray the following prayer in faith, and Jesus will be your Lord! Heavenly Father, I come to You in the Name of Jesus. Your Word says, “Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved” and “If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved” (Acts 2:21; Romans 10:9). You said my salvation would be the result of Your Holy Spirit giving me new birth by coming to live in me (John 3:5-6, 15-16; Romans 8:9-11) and that if I would ask, You would fill me with Your Spirit and give me the ability to speak with other tongues (Luke 11:13; Acts 2:4). I take You at Your Word. I confess that Jesus is Lord. And I believe in my heart that You raised Him from the dead. Thank You for coming into my heart, for giving me Your Holy Spirit as You have promised, and for being Lord over my life. Amen. CONNECT WITH US If you have just prayed this prayer, please let us know of your decision. We have a Free Gift to help you begin your new life in Jesus! kcm.org/salvation PRAYER IS OUR PRIORITY. +1-817-852-6000 7 days a week es Hablamos Español Nohemi R., prayer minister BVOV : 7

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